[KLUG Members] RAID

[Peter Buxton]

I've got an Asus mobo with an integrated Promise PDC 20265 IDE RAID
controller.  Linux supports Promise 'FastTrak' ATARAID, which supports
RAID 0. I have two matching WD400's.

Now: considering I am a home user, I have two big points of failure: one
HD could melt, or the mobo could. Now, if a drive goes, no big deal (so
say I now). But if the mobo goes, will I need another Promise card (or
Promise-sporting mobo) or is RAID RAID no matter what chipset/software
supports it, and dedicated hardware support is simply more efficient?

In sum, am I better off, at my level of use, using software MD, which
can mount my drives on *any* motherboard under most Linuces (such as
Knoppix)? TIA.

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